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Teams, pools and venues
Teams and pools
POOL A Argentina, Australia, Ireland, Namibia, Romania POOL B Fiji, France, Japan, Scotland, United States POOL C England, Georgia, Samoa, South Africa, Uruguay POOL D Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Tonga, Wales How it works Each team plays the others in its pool. Once completed the top two teams in each pool advance to sudden-death quarter-finals. Those winners play a semi-final each with the winners playing in the competition final on November 22. Venues Sydney, NSW: Aussie Stadium and Telstra Stadium. Capacity: 83,000 (Final venue) Melbourne, Victoria: Telstra Dome. Capacity: 55,000 Brisbane, Queensland : Suncorp Stadium. Capacity: 52,000 Adelaide, South Australia : Adelaide Oval. Capacity: 25,000 Perth, Western Australia: Subiaco Oval. Capacity: 43,000 Canberra, ACT: New Bruce Stadium. Capacity: 25,000 Townsville, Queensland: Dairy Farmers Stadium. Capacity: 31,500 Gosford, NSW: Central Coast Stadium. Capacity: 20,000 Wollongong, NSW: WIN Stadium. Capacity: 20,000 Launceston, Tasmania. York Park. Capacity: 20,000
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